The Department of Homeland Security is hiring 22 people from various areas of the larger artificial intelligence sector to advise the Department on safety recommendations for developing and deploying AI systems in U.S. critical infrastructure. We have invited a new representative.
The agency's newly formed Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Committee, announced Friday, is comprised of AI experts from the private sector, academia, government, and industry advocacy groups, and will help AI and machine learning systems improve artificial intelligence. Acts as an advisory body to appropriately protect intelligence. public. Areas of focus for the Board include the application of AI in areas such as transportation, pipelines, power grid operations, and internet service providers.
Board participants include Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO and co-founder. Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines. Fei-Fei Li, co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO. Jensen Huang, President and CEO of NVIDIA. Arati Prabhakar, White House Director of Science and Technology Policy; Specifically, Alexandra Reeve Givens, President and CEO of the Center for Democracy and Technology, said:
The 22 board members report directly to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“Artificial intelligence is a transformative technology that can advance national interests in unprecedented ways. At the same time, it poses real risks, and we believe that adopting best practices and taking other studied and concrete actions will It is a risk that can be mitigated,” Mayorkas said in a press release. “Skilled leaders like these will effectively protect our nation's critical infrastructure – the critical services Americans rely on every day – from risk and realize the enormous potential of this innovative technology. Thank you for dedicating your time and expertise to the board.”
The creation of this commission was mandated by President Joe Biden in his 2023 Executive Order on AI, and the recently released 2024 Department of Homeland Security Homeland Threat Assessment states that focuses on ongoing digital threats targeting
Also last week, a water treatment facility between Texas and New Mexico suffered a serious cyberattack, with a Google Mandiant report linking the facility to Russian state-backed hackers. Became.
